Legal Opinion
Lawson Edward Schaber v. E. L. Maxwell, Warden Ohio Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 14, 1965No. 15960_1PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner was sentenced to death by electrocution, after having been found guilty on two counts charging him with murder in the first degree and murder in the first degree in perpetration of a robbery. 1 He is now confined in the Ohio State Penitentiary at Columbus, awaiting electrocution.
Execution has been stayed by this court pending appeal from the denial of an application for writ of habeas corpus filed by petitioner in the district court.
The single question presented on this appeal is whether petitioner was denied due process of law under the Constitution of the…
2Cases cited33 opinions
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- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Irvin v. DowdSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Michel v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Affronti v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
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3Cited by37 opinions
- Millard Robert Beasley v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1974
- State v. HesterOhio Supreme Court · 1976
- State v. CaffeySupreme Court of Missouri · 1970
- Brizendine v. SwensonDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1969
- State Ex Rel. Leighton v. HendersonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1969
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